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Method and system for reduced-latency prepaid mobile messaging
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Inventors: Kupsh, Jerry; Chen, Xuming; Chen, Ben; Ephraim, Robert;
Assignee: Cellco Partnership (Bedminister, NJ)
Primary Examiner: Tieu; Binh K.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Darby & Darby
A method and system for facilitating prepaid mobile messaging. Mobile messages are forwarded to their intended one or more destinations before the debit account of the one or more prepaid mobile messaging subscribers associated with the mobile message are debited. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF AN EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENT OF THE PRESENT INVENTION The exemplary embodiment of the present invention described herein includes a system and method for providing a prepaid mobile messaging service which does not introduce undue latency to the mobile messaging network and which does not otherwise adversely affect overall message delivery rates.
The exemplary embodiments described herein reference a mobile messaging network operating in accordance with TIA/EIA-637 A or B, known as the Short Messaging Service ("SMS").
Although the exemplary embodiments are described with reference to SMS messaging, it is understood that the present invention may be utilized by any mobile messaging system utilizing any known protocols and standards for mobile messaging.
It is further understood that the present invention is applicable to any known wireless network carrier standards such as second and third generation wireless standards and their variations, e.
g.
, CDMA, TDMA, GSM and WCDMA.
Moreover, the embodiments described herein advantageously utilize transaction--oriented messaging to communicate information between and among network components, e.
g.
, to and from a database of prepaid credit allocated for prepaid messaging.
One skilled in the art will appreciate, however, that the invention is equally applicable to embodiments that use inter-component communication methods other that transaction-oriented messaging.
FIG.
1 illustrates an exemplary system of the present invention.
The system of FIG.
1 includes wireless network 202, which further includes components of a mobile messaging network to facilitate delivery and transmission of SMS messages to and from SMS-capable devices, e.
g.
, mobile telephones 204 and 206.
Wireless network 202 also includes components that facilitate voice and other data communications among wireless devices.
FIG.
1 illustrates wireless network 202 having a mobile message center, e.
g.
, Short Messaging Service Centers (e.
g.
, SMSC 208) which route mobile messages to their ultimate destination
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